Mop



April 9, 1940.

S. SCHULMAN mor Filed Nov. 19, 1935 FIGJ. PIC-3.2

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ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES. PATENT} OFFICE MOP Solomon Schulman, New York, N. Y.

\ Application November 19, 1935, Serial No. 50,507

6 Claims. (01. 15153) This invention relates to mops and like devices. handle 4 in the opposite direction. In clamping The main object of the invention is to provide the mop thread body and the rubber plate devices of the character described which shall against the block by the strip 8, the intermediate thoroughly, efllciently and conveniently operate portion iii of the plate I which is thinner than 5 to clean a floor or other surface. the edge portions I1 and ill, will be flexed and I A further object of the invention is to provide, enter the groove 5, the thinner intermediate porin devices of the character described, an imtion permitting this flexing without undue force proved form of scraper for loosening acciunulaor damage of the parts. As clamped into the tions more or less securely stuck to the floor or groove and against the bottom face of the block other surfaces to be cleaned. as described, the rubber plate and mop will be 10 A further object of the invention is to provide securely held in position with the edges of the a mop device comprising co-operative cleaning rubber which are parallel to the block groove means including a mop proper, and a scraper. extending outside the block so that they may, by Other and ancillary objects of the invention placing the handle at a suitable angle, be brought 16 will appear hereinafter. into contact with the floor and act as a scraper In the accompanying drawing which illusor eraser to remove substances stuck thereon. tr t th i v nti n; On one side of the block tufts of brush bristles Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a device emiii are set into the block and similarly bristles. 20 bodying the invention. are set into the other side of the block. The

go Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device of Fig. brushes upon either side may be brought into 20 1, being partly broken away, to show a transverse e gagement with the floor by Su y inclinin section at the center of Fig. l. the handle, the handle being inclined in one di- Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the apparatus of rection to bring the brush upon one side into en- Fig 1 gagement with the floor and in the other direc- 5 Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an improved tion to bring the brush on the other side into form of scraper or eraser. such engagement. The brushes, rubber and body Fig. 5 is an end view of a device provided with of mop threads t h -ODerate to provide a the scraper of rubber-like material only but thorough a complete Cleaning peration, the without the thread mop. rubber loosening and erasing substances stuck Referring to the drawing, and first to Figs. 1 to the floor and hard to remove and the brush 80 to 4 inclusive, "the mop structure comprises a penetrating crevices and performing a scrubblock or head I, usually of wood but which may bing operation while the mop provides water for be of any suitable material, having a smooth bore the scrubbing operation softens substances for opening 2 within which the reduced end 3 of a facilitating the scraping operation of the rubhandle 4 maybe inserted. The block has a lonher, and generally mops up the loosened and 35 gitudinally extending groove 5. Extending transeasily removable dirt. versely of the groove is the usual mop 6 consist- In Fig. 5 is shown a construction in which the ing of a body of threads such as cotton yarn, as rubber scraper or eraser is employed without the is well understood, and between the body of mop threads or brush. The construction of this threads and the block head I is a plate 1 of device is the same as Fig. 1 except that the mop 4 rubber or suitable rubber-like material. The threads are omitted, The device of Fig. 6 has plate and mop threads are secured to the head the handle 4', the block or head I" and the or block by means of a transversely curved metal rubber plate I clamped to the block by a trans- Strip 8 a 1155 E 9 and bent pw y versely curved strip 8' having its ends 9 turned 46 in o o v H and in the head block upwardly into grooves in the ends of the block Secured t0 the s rip as y w l r i other as described in connection with the, structure of suitable ways, is a screw stud l3 which passes Fig 1, through the y of D threads 5 d through While the invention has been illustrated in the hole N in th pl 1 n engages in a what are considered its best applications, it may 50 threaded recess IS in the portion 3 of the handle. b bo i d i th r t u t ith t d art- 50 By tu n t handle i one dir ti t st p ing from its spirit and is not therefore limited to 8 is drawn toward the block or head I thereby th tr tur shown in the drawing. clamping the body of threads 6 and the plate I wh t I l i is; securely against the bottom of the block I such 1. In a i of th h ra t r d scrib d, the

Plate and body being released y nin t combination with a mop holder comprising a 65 block having a groove in its face, of a plate of rubber-like material, means for securing said plate to said block whereby an intermediate por-' tion of said plate is bent for entering said groove, the edge of said plate projecting beyond the side of said block, said intermediate portion being thinner than the edge portions of said plate.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mop head comprising a block having a groove in its face, of a plate of rubber-like material, means for securing said plate to said block whereby an intermediate portion of said plate is bent for entering said groove, the edge of said plate projecting beyond the side of said block, said intermediate portion being thinner than the edge portions of said plate, said securing means having facilities adapted to also fasten a body of mop threads to said block, said plate being interposed between said body of mop threads and said block.

3. A mop comprising a block having a handle projecting from one side thereof said block having a groove extending along the opposite side thereof for a body of mop threads extending transversely across the groove, an elongated plate of rubber-like material interposed between said body of mop threads and the walls of said groove and having opposite longitudinal edge portions projecting beyond the opposite side surfaces of said block, said plate having an intermediate portion thinner than said edge portions, and a clamp strip connected with said handle and held to the block in clamped engagement against the body of mop threads serving thereby to clamp said threads tightly against the rubber strip and to thus clamp the said intermediate thinner portion of the said plate tightly into the groove whereby all of said elements are firmly connected together, said clamp strip extending lengthwise of the rubber strip and of the groove in substantial parallelism with the side edge of the plate and ofthe blocksndinsubstantlally imiform close proximity thereto and holding the mop threads and hence the rubber-like material against the block substantially uniformly throughout the lengthof the opposite longitudi- I nal edge portions of the said plate.

4. In a device of the character described, a block having a groove in its lower surface, a handle extending into said block having means for fastening said handle to said block, a clamp- 10 ing bar and an elongated plate of rubber-like material, means to press said bar with said plate against the lower surface of said block. said plate comprising parallel bars, substantially the length of said block and a thin connector portion, integral with said bars and curved transversely when unattached.

5. In a device of the character described, a block having a groove'in its lower surface, a handle extending into said block having means for fastening said handle to said block, a clamping bar and an elongated plate of rubber-like material, nieans to press said bar with said plate against the lower surface of said block, said plate comprising parallel bars, substantially the length I of said block and a thin connector portion, integral with said bars, provided with a hole in substantially the middle part of said plate adapted for fastening said plate to said block.

6. In 'a device of the character described, a block having a groove in its lower surface. a handleextending into said block. a clamping bar and an elongated plate of rubber-like material,

a thread in the extending part of said handle, a threaded stud on said bar for screwing said a handle to said stud to press said bar with said plate against the lower surface of said block, said plate comprising parallel bars, substantially the length of said block and a thin connector tion, integral with said bars.

SOLOMON 

